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Crucibulum umbrella (Deshayes, 1830)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 465
  • Hertz (1999) Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised.
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 74
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 32
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 32 [as Crucibulum cyclopium]

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 51 localities (25.89 %)
Sediment63 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The maximum diameter of 87mm as reported by the literature is not reached by finds from the Gulf that remain below 50mm.

Images

Larger diameter 22.4mm.

Larger diameter 22.4mm.

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